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[BECHERVAISE, John.] Thirty-Six Years of a Seafaring Life. By an Old Quarter Master. Portsea: W. Woodward, 1839.
The rare first edition. This copy is the only one to appear in the auction records since 1923. Bechervaise was aboard Beechey’s ship, the Blossom, visiting California and Russian-America in 1826-1827 and also Hawaii, with a description of Kamehameha II. Howes B-294; Lada-Mocarski 104; Sabin 95361.
Octavo (208 x 131mm). (Occasional foxing including to title, modest browning.) Modern quarter cloth. Provenance: Bonhams San Francisco, 22 November 2010, lot 4076.
The rare first edition. This copy is the only one to appear in the auction records since 1923. Bechervaise was aboard Beechey’s ship, the Blossom, visiting California and Russian-America in 1826-1827 and also Hawaii, with a description of Kamehameha II. Howes B-294; Lada-Mocarski 104; Sabin 95361.
Octavo (208 x 131mm). (Occasional foxing including to title, modest browning.) Modern quarter cloth. Provenance: Bonhams San Francisco, 22 November 2010, lot 4076.